Kendall-Whittier Elementary
Websites For Students & Kids
Educational Games & Activities Websites
Language Arts
- GameGoo - Games that help develop early reading skills.
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Starfall Interactive Books & Games
- ReadPlease Software - ReadPlease shatters the myth that computers must sound robotic and monotonous. Just imagine having web pages and e-mail read aloud to youch
- Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories - Activities that encourage kids to read.
- International Children's Digital Library - "The mission of the ICDL is to select, collect, digitize, and organize children's materials in their original languages and to create appropriate technologies for access and use by children 3-13 years old. "
- Stories from the Web
- GameADay - "ENJOY a new word game, word search, brainteaser, trivia game, anagram, cryptogram, crossword and more each weekday! CHALLENGE your general knowledge, vocabulary, spelling, memory, concentration, critical thinking and problem solving."
- Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun (Vocabulary Building for K-12 and ESL students)
Science
- Magic School Bus Games
- Animal Trivia Web Quizzes - "Learn fascinating facts about animals. Each quiz selects 20 animal trivia facts at random from a total set of 879, therefore you can play an unlimited number of times."
- AIM Manufacturing Videos - "If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place."
- Environmental Facts from where you live by the EPA
- Explore Mars With MarsQuest Online!
- Molecular Expressions - Science, Optics and You - Powers Of 10: Interactive Java Tutorial
- Interesting optical illusion
- SpaceWander Roundtrip First Class
- Animal Matching Game - An excellent matching game for animal body parts and their names.
- Polar Pairs Game - "Match up the animals and learn all about their habits and habitat. It might get a little chilly, so keep your nose warm!"
- Paper Plate Education - "Paper Plate Education is an initiative to reduce complex notions to simple paper plate explanations. "
Early Childhood
- Sesame Street Activities - Great online activities with all your favorite sesame street friends.
- Seusville
- Fisher-Price Online Games and Activities - Free Online Learning Activities from Fisher-Price
- Huggies Explore World - Free baby games, infant games, and baby activities
- Literacy Center - The Early Childhood Education Network games & activities page
- What's in the Bag Student?
- PrimaryGames.com
Health & Safety
- Code Rover.org - Home safety review and games.
- Clue into Safety with Blue - Review safe practices in diverse environments with Blue from Blue's Clues.
- Vince & Larry's Safety City
- Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures - Oral Health Education online activities.
- Treasure Hunt, Educational Games, Kid Sites, School and Family Activities, Free Games, CyberSurfari Winter 2003 - Awesome web scavenger hunts.
Math
- Money Management Sites for Kids - "Looking for ways to make money matters fun for kids? Check out these entertaining educational Web sites:" - from Bankrate.com
- A+ Math Activites
- Harcourt Math Advantage Activities
- Cool math .com - math lessons, math games, math puzzles - An amusement park of mathematics... and more!
- Math Applets for Teachers - Other subject oriented applets too.
- Just In Time - Time oriented activities
- Our-Montessori
- Elementary Math Activity Collection
- MathBrain on FunBrain
- Planet Orange from ING Direct - "Discover Planet Orange, and open your eyes to the world of money! Brave the desert, climb mountains, and dodge alligators while you explore everything there is to know about earning, spending, saving, and investing."
Social Studies
- The Day I Was Born - The purpose of this project is to use the Internet
to find and share important & interesting information about
What was happening in the world when you were born.
- Ben's Guide to the US Government
- FirstGov for Kids - "This site was developed and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information Center. It provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject."
- National Archives & Records Administration - "Our mission is to ensure ready access to the essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national experience."
- Veterans History Project (Library of Congress) - " Public Law 106-380 calls upon the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to collect and preserve audio- and video-taped oral histories, along with documentary materials such as letters, diaries, maps, photographs, and home movies, of America's war veterans and those who served in support of them."
- Einstein Archives Online - "The Einstein Archives Online Website provides the first online access to Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to an extensive Archival Database, constituting the material record of one of the most influential intellects in the modern era."
- Plimoth Plantation - Early colonial and Native American history activity site
- Animated Atlas showing US growth
- Find and Contact your state senator
- Find and contact your Congressperson in the House of Representatives
- The United States Mint
- Walk Through Time - "Welcome to Walk Through Time
A history website for 7-9 year olds."
- Worldwide Capitals matching game
- US Capitals matching game
- US Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- US Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- National Atlas site - "The new National Atlas includes products and services designed to stimulate children and adults to visualize and understand complex relationships between environments, places, and people. It contributes to our knowledge of the environmental, resource, demographic, economic, social, political, and historical dimensions of American life."
- National Atlas site - "The new National Atlas includes products and services designed to stimulate children and adults to visualize and understand complex relationships between environments, places, and people. It contributes to our knowledge of the environmental, resource, demographic, economic, social, political, and historical dimensions of American life."
- Carmen SanDiego Online
Multiage & Multisubject
- Nick Jr. Website - Excellent collection of games from your favorite Nick Jr. TV shows
- Learning Planet
- FunBrain.com - Design quizzes, play educational games.
- Scholastic's Online Educational Activities - Activities in language arts, science, math, and social studies.
- Disney.com
- Surfnet Kids Games
- Funschool.com
- Mikids.com - A collection of educational games & resources.
- Discovery School For Kids - Online learning activities, puzzles, homework helps, videos and more!
- PBS kids games
- PBS Kids - Home for Arthur, Barney, Between the Lions, Dragontales, Mr. Roger and more
- Not Just for Kids - A large collection of collections of websites for kids.
- Jan Brett's Activities
- AOL@SCHOOL - A Technology & Learning Magazine 2002 Award winner with six age-appropriate learning portals.
- National Geographic Kids Magazine Online Games
Thinking, Logic, & Puzzles
- Jigzone
- I Spy Games
- Logical Games
- Blobs - An awesome copy cat of the "Jump the Pegs and Leave One" game!
- GameADay - "ENJOY a new word game, word search, brainteaser, trivia game, anagram, cryptogram, crossword and more each weekday! CHALLENGE your general knowledge, vocabulary, spelling, memory, concentration, critical thinking and problem solving. "
- 20Q.net - Play a variation of the 20 Questions game against an internet connected computer.
Fine Arts
Origami
- Cool websites on this Japanese art.
- Alex Bateman's Origami Page
- Origami by Alex Barber - Huge collection of multi-skill lever origami projects.
- Fortune Teller - Great instructions from Enchanted Learning
- Make A Paper Fortune Teller
- Origami Jumping Frog - "This amazing origami frog really jumps. When you're done making this amazing frog, you can have a frog jumping contest or measure how far you can make your frog jump."
- Cool Money Origami!
- Tammy Yee's Origami Page- easy paper folding crafts for children.
- Robert J. Lang Origami - Origami Artist
- Free Paper Models - Fantastic paper toys from Spacestation42.com
- Paper Toys - Paperstuff for kids and grownups.
- Origami Database - "This is the place to find out about Origami books, magazines, websites etc. as well as where model diagrams have been published."
- welcome to the @rtroom!
- Scribbler - "The Scribbler starts drawing on top of your original, creating new lines and adding to the piece. You can adjust the settings so that it draws in a different color, uses thicker lines or increases the "scribbliness."
- Louvre Museum Official Website
- 3d&i discover design discuss (9-12) - Kids can design and create their own watches, cars, logos....
- Crayola Slurp! - Contests, activities, & trivia.
Freeware
- Humpherlinks - Awesome resource collection of freeware and links for kids.
- Owl and Mouse Educational Software
- Ray's Letters and Numbers - Excellent design in a simple game teaching letters, numbers, and colors.
- hecnor software
- Freeware and shareware - "A collection of freeware and shareware especially suitable for young children. All the programs have been tested and are easy to use."
- Riverdeep Trial versions
- Zeeks Games
- Ben & Jerry's Fun & Games - Seasonal activities and games like building a virtual snowman!
- Sears Educational Activities - Particularly geared toward younger children.
- Billy Bear 4 Kids - Another collection of activities for kids.
- Kids Freeware - Free Software and Internet Services for Kids
- LINKS4KIDS - SafeSites.Kids and Teens Fun and Games, Parents Family Sites and Teacher Worksheet Resources Links.)
- Explore Java Technology Educational Activities
- The Official Dr. Hope 'Laughing Day' Library
- Gamequarium - A portal to hundreds of free, online learning games and activities for Pre-School through Grade 6 students.
- Art and Visual Perception freeware - From the European Schoolnet
- My Game Spot - Hangman, 20 questions, concentration
- TeacherXpress.com
- FunSites:PuzzlesandGames
- Packetville from Cisco - Introduces students to information technology through gaming.
Student Resources
- Homework helpers, kid friendly-search engines, reference resources.
Kid Friendly Search Engines
- Kid's Search Tools - Search an encylopedia, dictionary, and much more from this one web site!
- Ask Jeeves for Kids - Type in a question and see if Jeeves can answer it for you.
- Word Central - Don't know how to spell a word? Need a definition?
- BigChalk - Homework helper
- Kids Domain Clipart
- Kids Click - Created by librarians for kids.
- BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
- Ask Jeeves for Kids
- About.coms homework help - Arranged by topic.
- StudyWorks! Online - A Technology & Learning 2002 Award winner. Grades 6-12.
- Kids Search Engines - A comprehensive list of kid safe search engines.
- Organized Investigator
Virtual Museums & Tours
- Gilcrease Museum
- National Museum of American History
- London's Natural History Museum Online Exhibits & Activities
- National Zoo
- Tramline Virtual Field Trips Home - "Explore one of our more than 30 FREE Virtual Field Trips designed specifically for K-12. This section of the site is dedicated to providing FREE, high-quality, virtual field trips for the K-12 classroom. These trips have received many awards, among them a USA TODAY Education award, and the National Science Teacher's Association."
- Spacewar! - Want to know what the ancestor of your fancy Gameboy was? Well...here it is!
- A list of over 1000 online museums!
- Monterey Bay Aquarium - An awesome website!
- Smithsonian Education
- Exploratorium
- National Air and Space Museum
- Tour the Double Bubblegum Factory
Just For Fun
- Lacking any redeeming educational value...but FUN!
- Freaky! - Be sure and have your sound turned up for this one!
- The Four Horse Quartet. - Wait for the four horses and the fence to load up then click on each of the horses. Be sure you have your computer sound turned on.
- Fireworks - Show your patriotism and launch some fireworks on your computer!
- Perpetual Bubblewrap Popping
- The BEST virtual bubble wrap!
- MissingMoney - Free Search For Abandoned Property and Money!
- Morph a face! - Morphases is an online next generation software in face manipulation. It allows user to modify and create human faces from different elements in real time with almost an unlimited power. All elements are divided individually and stored into genebank.
- The End of the Internet
- Unique Digital Clock
- Unique Digital Clock
- Kids Search Engines
Websites For Teachers & Parents
ELL & ESL resources
Computer Tutorials
- Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101(Espaol)
- Quepasa.com
- Vance Stevens's list of web sites for ESL learning and discovery - An enormous collection of ESL internet resources
- Word Play Espanol
- LiteracyFree.com - Free literacy programs and more links
- AltaVista's Babel Fish Translation Service
- Orcas in Espanol
- FreeTranslation.com - Free Translation from English to Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Norwegian
- Online Resources to Hispanic Populations - A comprehensive collection from Indiana State Library
- The Aspira Association Home Page - "The mission of ASPIRA is to empower the Puerto Rican and Latino community through advocacy and the education and leadership development of its youth."
- Spanish Flash Cards - Speaking Spanish Flashcards
- Spanish Web Sites & Games
- Xanadu - The language and translation wizard. Free software.
- Foreignword.com - The Language Site - Online dictionaries & free translation tools
- Spanish Resources - Website collection
- Spanish Audio Dictionary - 700 words & phrases
- SpanishDICT.com - Dictionary of Spanish and English with over 10,369 pronunciations.
- SYSTRAN Language Translation Technology
- ScanSoft Real Speak Demo - Type in up to 100 words and have them translated to an audio file you can hear on the computer.
- ReadPlease - ReadingBar - Text-to-speech software that lets your computer talk
- Dave's ESL cafe - "The Internet's Meeting place for ESL + EFL teachers, students..."
- Picture Dictionary - Gives good clip art pics for lots of English words.
- Free-ESL.com - "Welcome to Free-ESL.com, the ultimate FREE ESL resource for teachers and students alike!"
- Activities for ESL/EFL Students (Free English Study)
- Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students (Free & Fun English Language Study) - "A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language
Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more. "
- Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students (English Study Materials, ESL, EFL)
- Churchill House School of English Language - English profiency tests online.
- My Spanish Picture Dictionary (English
- Literacy Center - Multilingual - The Early Childhood Education Network games and activites
- ESL KidStuff - flashcards, worksheets, games for kids English teachers
- Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun (Vocabulary Building for K-12 and ESL students)
- Karin's ESL partyland - "The fun way to learn English."
- Elanguage - Learn Languages with free mini lessons
- Kid's Corner - Site under evaluation.
Software Downloads
- IT Pro Downloads
Children with Special Needs
Autism & Asperger's Syndrome
- Division TEACCH - Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped CHildren - UNC-CH
- OK Autism Network - "The purpose of the Oklahoma Autism Network is to provide evidence-based information about autism and information about resources available in the state for Oklahomans with autism, their families and the professionals who support them. "
- First Signs - "First Signs, Inc. is a national non-profit organization dedicated to educating parents and pediatric professionals about the early warning signs of autism and other developmental disorders."
- Floortime Foundation - Reaching beyond autism with the DIR approach.
- Pyramid Educational Consultants Inc. Home Page - "The source for services designed to enhance the lives of
children and adults with autism
and related developmental disabilities."
- ICDL Homepage - "The Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders ."
- Autism Society of America - Autism Society of America
- The PLAY Project - "Early intervention, training and advocacy for young children with autism ."
- MedlinePlus Resources
- Autism Resources Links
- Autism Today, latest news and resources for autism and autism related issues
- Statewide Training and Regional Supports (STARS) - "The Statewide Training Regional Support, STARS, program is a centralized training system for Oklahoma."
- Oklahoma Teacher Registry - Oklahoma Training Registration Information
- Google News Search on Autism
- Google News Search on Asperger's Syndrome - The latest news stories on Asperger's.
Community Assistance
- Welcome to HelpingPatients.org - "Helping Patients brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, patient advocacy organizations and civic groups to help low-income, uninsured patients get free or nearly free brand-name medicines."
Software Tutorials
- Macrobuttons in Word
Virus Protection & System Security
Email Warnings: Fact or Fiction?
- Are you wondering whether or not an email warning about viruses, scams, or your impending doom is fact or fiction? The check out one of these websites!
- Urgan Legends
- Scambusters
- Hoaxbusters
- Vmyths - The truth about computer security hysteria
- Symantec Hoax Page - From the folks who bring your Norton Utilities
- Hoaxkill
- Virus Hoaxes and Netlore by Jeff Richards
- BreakTheChain.org - Stop Junk E-Mail and Misinformation
- Panda Software Virus Utility Site
- Trend Micro Free Virus Scan
- McAfee Virus Information Library
- Symantec (Norton) Virus Information Page
- Computer Associates Virus Information Center
- Carnegie Mellon Computer Virus Resources
- i-SAFE America - Internet Safety For Everyone
- PestPatrol - Gets rid of trojans, hacker tools, keyloggers, spyware, adware and more.
- Keep Hackers Out
- MailWasher Spam Killer
- RAV AntiVirus Website Free online scan - Reliable AntiVirus Solutions, Antivirus Research, Statistics
- F-PROT AntiVirus - An optional floppy disk based virus scanner.
- AVG Anti-Virus System Main Page - "Use our unique offer - AVG 6.0 Free Edition. Download, install and use AVG 6.0 Anti-Virus system to reliably protect your computer and data free of charge."
- Spychecker - download anti-spyware and privacy related freeware and shareware
- Spychecker - download anti-spyware and privacy related freeware and shareware
- Junk URL - an Add-In for Microsoft's Outlook to help control spam
- Vmyths.com- Truth About Computer Virus Myths
- THE HISTORY OF COMPUTER VIRUSES
- A Virus Timeline
- History of Computer Viruses
- Microsoft Antispyware Beta - Windows AntiSpyware (Beta)
Free Materials & Promotions
- Free Audobon Plush Bird Offer - Choose a beautiful plush Audobon wild bird.
- FreeTeachingAids.com from Educators Progress Service, Inc.
- Learn to Read at Starfall - teaching comprehension and phonics
Instructional Technology Resources
Virtual Reality & Tour Creation
- iPix - World Leader in Dynamic Imaging
- iSee Media - Reality Studio & Virtual Tour software
- 3DVista Panoramic Virtual Tour Software
- PixAround.com!
- Panoguide.com - A guide to panoramas and panoramic photography
- 360 Degrees of Freedom software - "Create and integrate 360 panoramas, 3D Objects and more, for incredible multimedia presentations
."
- Easypano - Panorama software and virtual tour software Developer
- Virtual Tour of Kendall-Whittier - This is about version three of the virtual tour of the school where I work: Kendall-Whittier Elementary.
Assistive Technology
- ReadPlease - Text to speech synthesis freeware
- ABLEDATA, Explore the World of Assistive Technology
Cutting Edge Technology
- DePaul ASL Synthesizer - "Combining computer technology and linguistics research to bridge the communication gap between the deaf and hearing worlds, our team of
deaf and hearing researchers is working towards the realization of a digital English-to-ASL translator."
- New Gadgets for Schools 2005
Exemplary Technology Schools
- Lemon Grove School District - “Lemon Grove School District has not only provided a tremendous learning environment for their students and teachers, but for more than four years has consistently, and without hesitation, offered to share their experiences with educators from around the world. They truly demonstrate a Connected Learning Community and we are honored to be part of their story.”-Mary Cullinane, Manager K-12 Segment, Microsoft Corporation
Freeware
- Freeware Home - Collection of Free Software and Internet Services
- Browser Hijack Blaster - Protects and notifies changes to internet explorer homepage
- Post-it Software Notes for your computer - Create your own notes with pictures and hyperlinks
Stick notes on your computer desktop
Add alarms to your notes as reminders
Print notes
Subscribe to receive information on a Post-it® Software Note from websites that provide this service
Send and receive notes via Internet Mail
Attach notes to documents, such as Microsoft Word
- IrfanView - Image viewer and converter
- ClassRoom Windows Gradebook and Class Management Freeware - "ClassRoom Portals ™ (version 7) is a Windows 95/98/ME/XP Freeware program for teachers."
- eBooksWriter LITE download - create ebooks with ease - professional all in one ebooks editor and compiler - quick software - temporary redirect
- ESB Unit Conversion Utility - "User-friendly Win32 FREE Utility to easily convert between units of measurement. Includes Units for Temperature, Distance, Mass, Area, Volume, Pressure, Velocity, Acceleration, Force, Energy, Power, Fuel Consumption, Flow, Torque, Angles, Luminous Intensity, Illumination, Time & Radioactivity.
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- Educational Software Cooperative search for "Freeware"
- MemoryLifter - "Memorize fast using MemoryLifter™, the automated flashcards educational software."
- Buensoft Home Page - Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian
- Magical Jelly Bean Software - Customizable dictionary
- Educational Freeware
- FileAnt File Manager - "FileAnt is a Windows File Manager (like explorer) on tabs (like UltraEdit-32), it is also a cool Ftp Client (like leechftp) and has nice features such as folder pie charts, and a viewer for commonly used file formats."
Geek Central
- From building computers to nerdy technology terms - this is it!
- Build It plans from ExtremeTech - A Do-It-Yourself'ers Best Resource
- Google News SCITECH
- FireWire Vs. USB 2.0
- Windows keyboard shortcut list
- More Keyboard Shortcuts! - Did you know that the Windows key + "D" will jump you to your desktop? These and other valuable keyboard shortcuts....
- Element K Journals - "Element K Journals is your one-stop source for comprehensive,
easy-to-use how-to information, tips, tricks and techniques about specific
computer applications and technology related topics. Be more efficient than
you ever thought possible by working smarter, not harder, and stay informed
about the latest technology advancements in your area(s) of interest."
- Realtimepublishers.com - "Realtimepublishers is the worldwide leader in corporate sponsored e-publishing. The company is revolutionizing the publishing industry through their unique approach of creating high-quality titles and publishing them at no charge to readers on the websites of industry-leading companies like you."
- BATCH file tutorial - Want to automate windows tasks? Here's how...
- AutoIT Utility - Windows automation\batch file software
- Help-Site Computer Manuals
- The Kim Komando Radio Show--One of the Top 10 Programs in the US - The Queen of Computer Troubleshooting!
- UDF file specs
Graphics, Clipart, Fonts, & Images
- Welcome to Brainy Betty! - Flash movies for Powerpoint, Powerpoint templates, graphics, music clips....
- Fonts
Instructional Media Design & E-learning
PowerPoint Resources
- Crystal Graphics example backgrounds - Templates Gallery - Examples from our collection of 30,000 professionally designed PowerPoint templates
- Animation Factory's MediaBuilder - Free Backgrounds, Clip Art, Web Elements, Animations and Online Tools
- Add a live web page to PowerPoint - "PowerPoint Web Browser Assistant is a free addin that assists you in inserting live web pages on slides on your presentation. It uses Microsoft Internet Explorer to display the web pages."
- Crawling Movie-Style Credits in Powerpoint - Create Crawling Credits in PowerPoint
- PowerPoint Resources
- Powerpoint resources on the web
- How To Create Countdown Slide Without VBA
- Creating an Autorun PowerPoint CD
- TechSmith Corporation - Camtasia & Snagit
- Qarbon | Home
- eHelp Corporation
- Presentations.com
- Trainingmag.com
- MatchWare US/UK - Software for Creative Minds
- Turbo Demo - "The e-Learning Software for Business, Education and Home"
- The eLearning Guild - "A Global community of practice for designers, developers, and managers of Elearning."
- ASTD - "Linking People, Learning, & Performance."
- Online Community Toolkit - "Thinking about building or hosting an online community? Looking for specific tips, tools and ideas? Start here."
- elearningpost - "Corporate Learning, Community Building, Instructional Design, Knowledge Management, and more."
- The ASTD E-Learning Handbook Companion Website - "The handbook is meant to inform, coach, entice, caution, and encourage.."
- Presenters Online by Epson - "A site devoted to comprehensive multimedia presentation knowledge."
- Classroom Resources - free PowerPoint presentations and handouts from Patrick Crispen
IT in the News & Editorials
- What's in store for 'Generation Next'? - Sep. 3, 2003 - "....young children need to get hooked on reading and writing before they learn to type or surf the Web. "
- The Failure and the Promise of Technology in Education - Editorial by Al Rogers, Global SchoolNet Foundation
Multimedia Resources
- FindSounds - Search the Web for Sounds
- RealNetworks.com
- Video capture and burning guide - Everything you wanted to know about all the different formats, what they mean, and how to use them.
- Pocket Voice Recorder - Record up to 10 minutes of audio on your computer.
- Audacity Sound Editor Freeware - "Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings.."
Networking
- Network World Fusion - "The leader in network knowledge."
Software Purchasing
- JourneyEd.com - Academic Software Discounts!
Software Solutions
- Great software to make the most of your technology resources.
Microsoft Office
- Add a Live Web Page to a PowerPoint presentation
- Word 97/2000 Viewer (Windows 95/98/NT) - "This download is for users who don't have Word; it allows them to open and view Word 97 and Word 2000 documents."
- Word 2000 Tips
- Teacher Template Gallery
- Microsoft Excel Visual Basic Macro Examples - "Microsoft Excel Visual Basic Macros Examples is a Windows help file that contains more than twelve hundred macro examples for Microsoft Excel. Find the solutions to the problems that have stumped many users."
- Finding the last populated cell in Excel
- The Spreadsheet Page - Microsoft Excel
- Excel Developer Tip - Determining the last non-empty cell in a column or row
- Powerpoint Add Ins
- The Presentation Business - PowerPoint - Resources Links
- Custom toolbars - Attach Custom Toolbars in Microsoft Excel
- Calculations and Functions in Word Tables, A Professional Approach Series, Computer Education, Postsecondary Education, Glencoe Online
- Microsoft Word Table Tutorial
- Sharing Toolbars in Word - How to Share a Customized Built-in Toolbar
- The PowerPoint FAQ List
- PowerPoint in the Classroom
- Microsoft Office 97 Shortcut Bar FAQ - Everything you need to know about the MS Office Shortcut Bar
- Create MOVIE CREDITS-style crawling text in PowerPoint
- Free PowerPoint Resources at Brainy Betty
- Excellent Excel Tips & Tricks
- Excel tips from PCWorld.com - Frequently Asked Questions About Microsoft Excel
- Fixing "Can't Contact LDAP Directory Server" error in Outlook 2002 - From Bud's Windows Troubleshooter
- Excel Forum from Excel Tip .com
- Outlook Duplicates Remover
- Powerpoint LiveWeb - insert and update web pages real-time in PowerPoint
- Powerpoint Clip Art Access Slow - Clip Organizer Search Results Slow to Appear Using Clips Online
- PowerPoint Games - "The following links include templates and examples of Jeopardy, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and Hollywood Squares games and other lesson ideas that were created using PowerPoint."
- Outlook Duplicates Remover 2 - Another source
- Word: Adding Hyperlinks to a Locked Form
- Omniform 5.0 - Scan a form - then fill it out on your computer and print it out for professional appearance. Awesome, time-saving software. Worth every penny!
- Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
- More keyboard shortcuts and tips for PowerPoint
- Internet Explorer Updates
- PCWorld.com - Improve Windows Explorer - Add Menus, Create Shortcuts, Shred and Encrypt Files
- ieSpell - Spell Checker add-on for Internet Explorer
- Icarbon - "iCarbon allows you to combine your printer and scanner into a photo copier using a small and fast program. All TWAIN-compatible scanners on your computer can be acquired with one click, as can all your printers. Scan/Print is just one simple operation."
- Windows Macro Program - "Whether you need to automate your email collection and just simplify a few key clicks at home; or integrate disparate systems across your enterprise, perform SQA automation, and automate your business processes, Macro Scheduler Windows Scripting technology provides the solution."
Web Page Construction
- Create a scrolling, color enhanced box.
- Animation Factory's MediaBuilder - Free Backgrounds, Clip Art, Web Elements, Animations and Online Tools
- Animated ClipArt
- Using FrontPage 2002
- Adding Records to a Database using Microsoft FrontPage Forms
- Creating an Image slideshow - Imgage Slideshow script
- MicroTicker.com : - News Tickers - Java Applets - Desktop Applications for Web Developers
- SnipURL - Shorten those long URLs with this free service.
- The Amazing Picture Machine
- WebDesignHelper.co.uk - Hundreds of free Frontpage templates
- Templates Land.com - Free web templates, Flash intro templates, website Logo templates
- Useful links for web page construction, design and development - WWW Support - Computing Service - University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Add Google search to your website
- Add meta tags for better search engine hits. - Add Meta Tags Using FrontPage - thanks to Seton Hall University
- Half-Baked Software Inc. - "The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for publicly funded, non-profit, educational users who make their pages available on the web. Other users must pay for a licence."
WebQuests
- Some Thoughts about WebQuests
Wireless
- Building a Media Network, Part I
- 802.11g Primer
- WiMax Forum
- U.S. Robotics New 100mbps Turbo G Wireless Network
- Wireless Printer Kit - A wireless bluetooth USB printer interface
News Stories
- Early start makes technology child's play
- "Study: Computer use a boost to young minds"
Photography
- Short article with link about using digital cameras in the classroom.
Hardware Reviews
- Steve's Digicams - Awesome site for hands-on reviews of digital cameras.
Digital Divide Issues
Clip Art
- Free animated gif, graphic animation, icon, and clipart
Technology News
- Technology & Science Front Page MSNBC
- Edutopia - George Lucas' educational foundation for research on teaching and technology
- Presentations Magazine website
- EducationProjectors.com
- Apple Educator Website - Caters to the Apple ethusiast - but also good articles on the effects of technology on teaching with case studies.
- Adobe Educator Website
- Eschoolnews - "Where K-12 & technology meet."
- Microsoft Educator Network - A great place to get technology-oriented lesson plans and teaching ideas.
- Technology & Learning Magazine
- Kathy Shrock - "This site will provide resources supporting the use of technology as a tool to enhance the teaching and learning process." - Kathy Shrock
- LeapFrog - One of the best companies in the world for producing educational toys.
- NCRTEC - North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium
- Curriculum/Technology Quarterly - The Curriculum*Technology Quarterly reports trends, research findings, exemplary programs, and available resources in technology for instruction
- International Society for Technology in Education - The Leading Organization for Educational Technology Professionals
- Technology in the Classroom - Technology & Education Resource portal from The Texas Education Network
- T.H.E. Source - "T.H.E. Source is a new area dedicated to providing educators with information about new technologies in education from materials such as white papers and press releases."
- Instructional Technology Conference Calendar & Search Page - Scroll down the page for search parameters.
- WhatIs.com - Need help with a technology term?
- CableMAX Computer Cable Super Store,
- .: - Wire Management Products from Cable Organizer ::.
- TechEncyclopedia - The Business Technology Network
- PASS for Instructional Technology (Grades 6-10)
- PASS for Instructional Technology (Grades 1-12)
- Search Engine Watch - Tips About Internet Search Engines & Search Engine Submission
- Computing with Kids Software Review - Computing With Kids
- TechJourney.com - Essential Resources For Computer Professionals
- Wired News
- Microsoft Class Server - "Microsoft® Class Server: Daily Curriculum Manager provides an online link between schools, teachers, students and parents, allowing greater teacher creativity and better opportunities for students to learn—all within a standards-aligned curriculum."
- PC Magazine Vendor Research Library - "Search for white papers, case studies, webcasts and product information on the latest topics, products and technologies."
- Avery label software and templates
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation - "GLEF is a nonprofit organization that documents and disseminates stories about exemplary practices in K-12 public education." (particularly as it pertains to Educational Technology)
- WWW in Education - "Welcome to the home of WWWEDU (pronounced 'we do'), the Internet's largest and longest-running forum on the use of the World Wide Web in education. Founded and moderated by Andy Carvin (acarvin@benton.org)"
- Virtual Onscreen Keyboard
- Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory - "Numerous resources for educators, policymakers, parents, and the public are made available by NWREL. These resources include events, such as conferences, workshops, and other activities; products and publications, the Laboratory magazine and newsletters."
- National Association of Educational Technology Specialist
- Engaging Families With Technology
- The Digital Divide Network:
- Best Practices of Technology Integration - From Berrien County Intermediate School District
- Educational Technology Information Center
- Forms in Microsoft Word
- TinyURL.com - Turn a long URL or web address to a tiny one!
- 4teachers.org - "The online resource for teachers integrating technology into the curriculum."
- Trackstar - "TrackStar is your starting point for online lessons and activities. Simply collect Web sites, enter them into TrackStar, add annotations for your students, and you have an interactive, online lesson called a Track."
Subject Organized Folders
- Web sites organized by subject folders: Fine Art, Science, Math, Geography
Way Cool Science
Dinosaurs!
- See "Leonardo" the mummified dinosaur! - From the Judith River dinosaur institute in North Dakota - a fascinating look at some of the most spectacular dinosaur finds on the planet!
- The Natural History Museum's Dino Directory
Astronomy
- Astronomy Picture of the Day - See incredible pictures of astronomical and meterological objects.
- Views of the Solar System
- The Nine Planets
- NASA Spacelink - An Aeronautics & Space Resource for Education
- Views of the Solar System
- Welcome to the Planets - This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.
- NSSDC Photo Gallery - The NSSDC Photo Gallery is intended to fulfill two different purposes. The first of these is to provide access to some of the more popular NASA images.
- Build a Solar System
- Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures
- Lunar Prospector Audio Archive - "Welcome to the Lunar Prospector Audio Archive here you will be able to find valuable audio clips and information about the Moon and various lunar missions."
- NASA Multimedia Archive
- Astronaut Photography of the Earth
- Blast off on a Mars Adventure! - What would you take to Mars?
- Coordinate Specific Satellite views
- The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) - See fantastic images and movies of the Sun.
- Meteor Crater Home page
- Celestia - "Celestia is a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions. Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth."
- Spitzer Space Telescope - Stunning new infrared pictures of our universe.
- SpaceShipOne 2004
- Solar System Live - "Welcome to Solar System Live, the interactive Orrery of the Web. You can view the entire Solar System, or just the inner planets (through the orbit of Mars)."
- Virtual Solar System
Human Body
- Human Anatomy Online - A fascinating virtual tour of the human body.
- BBC Human Body - Another virtual tour of the human body.
- Guided Tour - Visible Human Project
- Probe the Brain - Touch different parts of the brain and see what it controls.
- See how blood flows through the heart
- Ology: The Gene Scene - A Technology & Learning 2002 award winner exploring the complex world of genetics.
Life Science
- Wild Republic
- Sea World Teacher Guides
Optical Illusions
- Exploratorium's Optical illusion page
Optics - General
- Molecular Expressions - Science, Optics and You - Measuring With Shadows - Interactive Java Tutorial
- Sonic Boom - Picture and video of an F-18 breaking the sound barrier!
- Bill Nye the Science Guy's website
- 3D object manipulation
- Optical Illusions
- Exploratorium - A great virtual science museum.
- Try this optical illusion
- Enature - Great animal information website.
- The Yuckiest Site on the Internet - Everyone does it, we won't talk about it, yet kids are curious..so here are the answers.
- Volcano World - The Premier Source of Volcano Info on the Web
- Minnetonka Science Center - Ooey Gooey Recipes for the classroom
- Thinking Fountain!
- Thinking Fountain A to Z - Science Museum of Minnesota
- Cool Science for Curious Kids - The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
invites curious kids to explore biology...
on screen, off screen, and in between.
- NOVA | PBS
- NOVA resources for teachers
- Hawaiian plant garden project
- National Agricultural Library Kids' Science Page
- Natural Inquirer Home Page - "This journal, The Natural Inquirer, was created so that scientists can share their research with you and with other middle school students.."
- ARS Science 4 Kids!
- TEAM Nutrition
- Oklahoma PASS benchmarks for Science
- Science Made Simple.com - Get fun science projects & great experiments using household materials. Clear, detailed answers to childrens science questions. Science News. And more!
- The STARS Program - "A one-of-a-kind adventure that lets students from around the world send experiments into space."
- Tulsa, OK climatology - Monthly Climatology
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- What in the world could it be? - "See if you can tell what is in these high magnification photographs!"
- Molecular Expressions - Science, Optics and You - Powers Of 10: Interactive Java Tutorial
- Molecular Expressions - Science, Optics and You - Powers Of 10: Interactive Java Tutorial
- Regional Math & Science Center online activities
Fine Arts
- Oklahoma Arts Council Website!
- Americans for the Arts - Facts/resources for arts education.
- Joe Scruggs Official Home of Singer Songwriter
Social Studies
- National Atlas.Gov - Maps & geographical information
- National Geographic Kids
- 50 States
- KVUSA
- Oklahoma Legislature Home Page - Find your legislators and more.
- Zoomable Location Map
- Geography Internet Lessons and Resources
- Geography Internet Activities
- Library of Congress
- U.S. National Archives
Math
- A+ Math - "This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively."
- National Library of Virtual Mathematics Manipulatives
- Math Goodies - Free Interactive Math Lessons, Homework Help, Worksheets, Puzzles and Much More!
- Math Literacy Week - "Math Literacy.com is designed to support this initiative by providing FREE math lessons to use each day of Math Literacy Week."
- 2020 Green - Teaching students to make sound financial decisions.
- Virtual Geoboard
- AAA Math - "Hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills.
Interactive Practice on every page.
An Explanation of the math topic on each page.
Several Challenge Games on every page.
Math Problems are randomly created."
- Math Goodies - Free Interactive Math Lessons, Homework Help, Worksheets, Puzzles and Much More!
- Coolmath 4 Kids - "An amusement park of math and more -- especially designed for FUN, FUN, FUN!"
- PASS benchmarks for Math (Grades 1-5)
- Kids Bank - "...a fun place for children to learn about money and banking."
- BizWorld - A hands-on prgoram for use in grades 3 through 8 in entrepeneurship and money management.
Physical Fitness & Sports
- Sports Illustrated For Kids
Seasonal
- Halloween Costumes
Health & Safety
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website
- Oklahoma Poison Control Center Home
- Severe Weather Safety Guide from NOAA
- KidsHealth - "The Web’s most visited site about children’s health."
Language Arts
- Learn to Read at Starfall - teaching comprehension and phonics
- Reading and Writing with KidAuthors - "Hey Kids, Welcome to KidAuthors. KidAuthors is a creative place for kids like you. Here you can share your stories and poems with people around the world, including your friends and family. You can also read stories and poems written by kids around the world."
- BookAdventure - "Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization."
- Wordplays - Interactive word games, puzzle solving tools, and dictionaries.
- ReadWriteThink - Reading and language arts resources for students and teachers.
- Weaving The Internet Through Your Elementary Curriculum
- Word Processing Link Projects from Sun Associates
TPS Intranet Links
- Purchasing Home Page
- Instructional Technology Home
- Ross Tech Support
- Computer & Software License Pricing
- Dell TPS Employee Purchase Program - Save big bucks on a laptop, desktop, or computer peripherals!
- 2003 Kendall-Whittier Technology Manual
- Audio-Visual Equipment Pricing
- TPS Audio Visual Checkout Catalogue
- TPS Network
- Teacher Resource Page
Reference
- World Book Encyclopedia Online
- Fact Monster
- Guinness World Records
- The Library of Congress Wise Guide - Introduces new users to the resources available in the Library of Congress. Refreshed monthly.
- OurDocuments.gov - Original historical documents from the National Archives
- FirstGov - The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
- Infoplease - Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free online reference, research
Social Services & Parenting
- Family & Children's Services
- FamilyFun Magazine - Great ideas. Practical advice. Fun stuff to do.
- Free education advice hotline for parents - Free education hotline open to parents - Apr. 8, 2003
Teacher Instructional Resources
Early Childhood
- Idea Box - Early Childhood Education and Activity Resources
- PASS benchmarks for Kindergarten
- National Institute for Early Education Research (nieer.org) - The National Institute for Early Education Research's site features new papers written by leading researchers in early education for 3- and 4-year-olds.
- The Early Childhood Technology Literacy Project - "This project was designed to help school teams, including classroom teachers, specialists, and instructional assistants work cooperatively to develop, plan and deliver exemplary reading and writing instruction using instructional technology."
- JumpstartTulsa - "Welcome to this NEW website for Tulsa's exciting NEW early childhood partnership and community engagement campaign!"
- Joe Scruggs Official Home of Singer Songwriter
- Teacher Vision.com - Meta site for instructional resources.
- Dr. Toy - This was the first web site to provide information on the best toys and educational products, as well as, articles, resources, and toy-related links.
- The Educators Network
- Internet4Classrooms - Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively
- ASCD Home - The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Discover School For Teachers
- U.S. Department of Education
- TPS Videotape Library
- CyberSchool! An On-Line Educational Portal - CyberSchool.Org is organized to present independent, educationally relevant portals through which access to information is established on what is considered educationally sound theories and/or practices.
- FREE educational videos
- Kids Can Learn!
- A to Z kids stuff - Web activities and resources for preschool, toddler, and schoolagers.
- Welcome to AOL@SCHOOL - A Technology & Learning Magazine 2002 Award winner with six age-appropriate learning portals.
- Analogies for the Classroom
- Oklahoma State Department of Education
- Teacher's Net - THE place for teachers to meet, chat, and share all things educational.
- TIMESAVERS for TEACHERS - Teacher Resources - Often-used forms and worksheets
- Teaching is a Work of Heart
- Ebay - Looking for inexpensive school materials? Then check out Ebay! Thousands of school related items for sale here at deep discount prices.
- Museums of the USA - A list of over 1000 museum web sites
- Organized Investigator
- Enchanted Learning - An enormous collection of instructional resources for teachers and activities for kids.
- Sitesforteacher.com - An enormous list of educational websites and resources for teachers.
- Teachers - Free lesson plans, classroom activities, professional development, printables, supplementary curriculum.
- Teach-nology
- Certificate Creator - Create and print awards and certificates for school, sports, work or fun!
- Oklahoma Department of Libraries
- TeachersFirst - TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons and web resources for K-12 classroom teachers, their students, and even students' families. Materials are arranged by subject area and grade level, making it easy to locate lesson plans and associated web resources quickly.
- Internet4Classrooms - Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively
- Oklahoma AG in the Classroom - Teacher training, lessons, and links for agricultural education in the classroom
- ProTeacher! - The Web's Little Secret For Elementary School Teachers
- EIR Homepage - Early Intervention in Reading Home Page
- Internet4Classrooms - Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively
- Internet4Classrooms - Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively
- Marco Polo - Excellent standards-based resource.
- Webquests Home
Grants & Grant Writing
- The Pew Charitable Trusts - Early childhood education grants
- Technology & Learning Grant Searches - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders.
- The Technology Opportunities Program - Oklahoma
- Fellowships, Grants, & Study Opportunities for Teachers - Nice resource from the University of Virginia
- Microsoft Education - K-12 Funding
- Start Something from Target
- Foundation for Tulsa Schools Home
- National Science Foundation Grant Opportunities - Funding - Overview of Grants and Awards
- Grant-Writing Tutorial from Purdue University
- LeapFrog SchoolHouse Grant Resources - Grant Writing Resources
- Grant Resources from Teach.net
- Yahoo!'s Grant Resource Index